[SecondAmendment]

> Which is exactly what the GOP-e is/are doing.

At this point, the best chance we have to peacefully save our Republic as founded is to take the Republican party away from the GOP-e.

This is doable, but only from the bottom up, i.e. flood the GOP with real conservatives from the county level up to the state and national offices.

This has been happening, but will take more than a couple of election cycles to see it through.

And at this point in time, the GOP-e has the upper hand the further "up ticket" you go, but their power is steadily eroding, as seen by Mitt's VP pick, Dewhurst loosing to Cruz, etc.

The GOP-e knows that they would have absolutely no chance of holding any power if we did not support them.

So as much as I hate to see Mitt as President,I know all of us here agree that a second term for Obama is a guaranteed death sentence for the U.S. as founded.

Voting for Mitt should be considered as a tactical necessity needed to allow us to gain even more down ballot positions and nothing more.

[Syncro]

Good ideas, yes the GOP has to be reformed. Don't know if it is possible or not. What with the GOP-e's attitude towards Conservatives and Tea Party People, I will not be part of the laughing stock that votes for Romney. The best way to show the Republican party leaders that they must stop running RINO's and liberals is to not vote for them. I voted for Sarah the last time around, but McCain and Romney (yes his people were on McCain's staff) snookered any chance she had to influence them by viciously attacking her (mostly backstabbing, one of Romney's specialities) so she would be marginalized. Along with the Tea Party Movement and Conservativism in general.

Voting for Romney is the same as voting for a weak and ineffictive party machine. And they are laughing at all who do. Not me.